The first teams started arriving on Thursday and by Saturday afternoon the last teams were moving out. I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to get out and see the teams. It was much warmer this year than last but we had blowing snow to start with and by the time… Continue reading Iditarod 2025: Galena checkpoint Photographs
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Galena Checkpoint Update: Iditarod Teams Depart on March 8, 2025
March 8, 2025 This may be the shortest time I’ve seen the Galena checkpoint open for Iditarod. Teams started arriving on Thursday and by Saturday afternoon the last few teams were heading out. It was in the teens today with a bit of wind but nice and sunny. I was lucky enough to be at… Continue reading Galena Checkpoint Update: Iditarod Teams Depart on March 8, 2025
Iditarod 2025
Dog team running past the Galena Airport Here is a short clip of a dog team on the trail in Galena that runs alongside the runway. It looks cold and miserable but it is actually warm for this time of the year. Windy and snowing to be sure but not the -20F that we sometimes… Continue reading Iditarod 2025
Iditarod 2025: Updates from Galena
The Iditarod Returns to Galena Normally the Iditarod runs through Galena on even numbered years. This year the snow conditions further south made it impossible to safely run dog teams over some long stretches of the trail so they shifted the start to Fairbanks. The route this year runs on rivers for a substantial portion… Continue reading Iditarod 2025: Updates from Galena
Iditarod 2024 Photos
Photo album from this years race Click the thumbnail for the full size image Its been kind of busy since the race but I finally got to sit down and go through them. It’s already spring but we are looking at another snowstorm with high wind coming in tonight. We had a week or more… Continue reading Iditarod 2024 Photos
More Iditarod photos from yesterday
Here are some more photographs taken on March 9. I have more that I haven’t processed yet. Temperature got up to above zero during the afternoon but still pretty windy. I had to bring the camera in after the morning as the cold was affecting pretty much everything electronic. I’ll try and get out today… Continue reading More Iditarod photos from yesterday
More sled dog photos
Busy day at the checkpoint. I went down there before noon and there were four teams already in. Most of the dogs were sleeping and I didn’t want disturb their sleep so most of these shots were made with a fairly long lens. Lots of people helping out cleaning the area, hauling food and carrying… Continue reading More sled dog photos
Iditarod Comes to Galena
Iditarod and other news Of course we all know what is dominating the news cycle lately. Not going to perpetuate that issue. I’ve been continuing with my run training. I still kind of have a hard time getting out and running at -30F but I’ll get there. Lynn and I had to cancel our trip… Continue reading Iditarod Comes to Galena
2016 Iditarod
Dog teams started arriving in Galena a couple of days ago. I was busy Saturday and did not get a chance to get down to the checkpoint. We went down there today to take some food to the mushers and get some pictures of the dogs. A little snow was falling and the temperature was… Continue reading 2016 Iditarod
More 2014 Iditarod Pictures
Here are some more pictures from the 2014 Iditarod at Galena. Most of these pictures were made from the river before the checkpoint.